North Carolina hospitals are competing over physician practices, driven by the recession, looming healthcare reform changes and reimbursement cuts, according to a News Observer report.
UNC Health Care, WakeMed and Duke University Health System have formed partnerships with dozens of local physicians this year, giving the hospitals more control over the market.
The affiliations could force consumers to choose certain hospitals for their procedures. Health plans that choose not to cooperate with hospitals and physicians could be forced out of relationships with health systems.
Read the News Observer report on North Carolina physician practices.
Read more on hospital-physician relationships:
-Massachusetts' Cape Cod Healthcare Partners With Local Physicians to Create ACOs
-Washington's Providence Health to Acquire Cardiology Group
UNC Health Care, WakeMed and Duke University Health System have formed partnerships with dozens of local physicians this year, giving the hospitals more control over the market.
The affiliations could force consumers to choose certain hospitals for their procedures. Health plans that choose not to cooperate with hospitals and physicians could be forced out of relationships with health systems.
Read the News Observer report on North Carolina physician practices.
Read more on hospital-physician relationships:
-Massachusetts' Cape Cod Healthcare Partners With Local Physicians to Create ACOs
-Washington's Providence Health to Acquire Cardiology Group